Childe's Tomb, Dartmoor

A well-known legend attached to the site concerns a wealthy hunter, Childe, who became lost in a snow storm and supposedly died there despite disembowelling his horse and climbing into its body for protection. The legend relates that Childe left a note of some sort saying that whoever found and buried his body would inherit his lands at Plymstock. After a race between the monks of Tavistock Abbey and the men of Plymstock, the Abbey won.

Enjoyed a 10 mile wander over some of Dartmoor's bleaker bits - Gobbet Mine, Whiteworks, and Foxtor Mire. Ground now very dry